tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283298824425438148.post630236904010133468..comments2016-04-09T11:35:38.499-07:00Comments on MYOG - Mine, Yours', and the Other Guy's Genealogy: Ernest Vienop of Napa, CA - Part 2zelserskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392051499155306765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283298824425438148.post-10714118680582306492012-03-20T09:47:01.598-07:002012-03-20T09:47:01.598-07:00Thanks for posting! Always great to find other Vi...Thanks for posting! Always great to find other Vinup&#39;s! My Vinup (Vienop&#39;s upon immigration to the U.S.) were cigar-makers by trade. They brought that with them from Germany. Do you know that exact location in Germany where your Vinup&#39;s were from? Boerninghausen/Börninghausen is where mine originate.zelserskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11392051499155306765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283298824425438148.post-22798376376089892392012-03-20T04:20:42.276-07:002012-03-20T04:20:42.276-07:00The Vinups that are my family, well, probably your...The Vinups that are my family, well, probably yours too, came to Baltimore and were tailors. The name thing you talk about is really something that my family has done for years. My great grand father was John George, grandfather John Milton and my dad was John Vernon and my brother is John Kurt. My grandfather was called John by the family and my dad was Vernon. However, only in the family. Outside, he was John. Now my brother is called Kurt and at work he is John. However, his friends do call him Kurt. My immediate family stayed in Baltimore. They lived in the same neighborhood only houses apart, and some together, of course. But, as I see in the census of those days they were near each other. I don&#39;t see anyone of my immediate family that left town and went west. However, I think the line is all related. When I was a girl I thought we were the ONLY Vinups it the U.S. and was so surprised to find so many. Especially so many in the midwest. Lots in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and now I find in Missouri, not to mention California. There is even a Vinup in a town very close to me in Florida. I just found out about him over this weekend. Don&#39;t know what line he is from, but do plan on calling him. <br /><br />I hope you will keep up this blog regarding the Vinups. I have, by the way, on my mother&#39;s side a very interesting and adventuresome group of people thanks to my grandmother&#39;s &quot;people&quot; as she used to call her relatives. So, none of us should ever be surprised at what you turn up and embrace the way we all wound up with such colorful characters as ancesters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com